ナミビアで抗レトロウイルス治療を受けている成人のうつ病,自殺傾向,アルコール使用障害および関連する要因の流行
Ndeshiteelela K Conteh1, Ozayr Mahomed2
1University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. ndeshi@nambinga.com.
AIDS and behavior
|September 2, 2025
まとめ
ナミビアでは,うつ病やアルコール使用障害のような精神疾患がHIV感染者 (PLHIV) に多く見られます. 自殺傾向やアルコール使用障害はうつ病よりも多く 性別が重要な危険因子です
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生
- 精神 的 な 健康
- 感染症
背景:
- HIV感染者 (PLHIV) は,うつ病,自殺傾向,アルコール使用障害など,精神疾患のリスクが高まります.
- 精神保健サービスを HIV 治療のルーチンに組み込むことは これらの併発状態に対処するために不可欠です
- 効果的な介入には,PLHIVにおけるこれらの精神疾患の流行と関連する要因を理解することが不可欠です.
研究 の 目的:
- ナミビアでHIV/エイズに感染している成人の間でうつ病,自殺傾向,アルコール使用障害の有病率を決定する.
- この集団におけるうつ病,自殺傾向,アルコール使用障害に関連する要因を特定する.
- ナミビアのHIVケアにメンタルヘルスサービスの統合を図る.
主な方法:
- ナミビアの9つの医療施設で抗レトロウイルス治療を受けている400人の成人PLHIVを対象に,横断的な研究が行われました.
- データは2022年8月から9月の間に収集されました.
- うつ病,自殺傾向,アルコール使用障害の流行と関連する要因を分析した.
主要な成果:
- うつ病,自殺傾向,アルコール使用障害の罹患率はそれぞれ8%,21%,24%でした.
- 女性ではうつ病 (9. 7%) と自殺傾向 (24. 7%) が高く,男性ではアルコール使用障害 (35. 3%) が高い.
- うつ病は自殺傾向のリスクを有意に増加させた (aOR=8. 280). 男性の性行為,うつ病,アルコールの乱用は自殺傾向と 大きく関連していた.
結論:
- アルコール使用障害と自殺傾向は,ナミビアのPLHIVではうつ病よりも多い.
- 性別はこれらの精神疾患の 重要な危険因子です
- 精神疾患のスクリーニングと早期の介入は,治療の成果とケア維持の改善に不可欠です.
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